The 11th Kansas Infantry Regiment was an

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that served in the

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during the

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Service

The 11th Kansas Infantry was organized at Camp Lyon near

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, from August 29 through September 14, 1862. It mustered in on April 3, 1862, for three years under the command of

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Thomas Ewing Jr. The regiment moved to Fort Scott, Kansas, October 4–9, 1862, then to Pea Ridge, Arkansas, October 15–19. It was attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division,

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, Department of Missouri, to February 1863. District of Rolla, Department of Missouri and District of Kansas, Department of Missouri, to April 1863. The 11th Kansas Infantry ceased to exist at the end of April 1863 when it was mounted and changed to the 11th Kansas Cavalry.

Detailed service

Action at Old Fort Wayne or Beattie's Prairie, near Maysville, October 22, 1862. Cane Hill, Boston Mountains, November 28. Boston Mountains December 4–6. Reed's Mountain December 6. Battle of Prairie Grove December 7. Expedition over Boston Mountains to Van Buren December 27–31. Moved to Springfield, Missouri, January 1863, and duty there until February 17. Moved to Forsyth, Missouri, then to Fort Scott, Kansas. On furlough March. Moved from Fort Scott to Salem, Missouri, then to Kansas City, Missouri, April 6–20.''Official Military History of Kansas Regiments During the War for the Suppression of the Great Rebellion'' (Leavenworth, KS: W. S. Burke), 1870.

Commanders

* Colonel Thomas Ewing Jr.

Notable members

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Henry Booth - organized

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, and later became Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives * 2nd Lieutenant

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- U.S. Senator from Kansas (1877–1891) * Private John C. Rooks - killed at the battle of Prairie Grove;

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, is named in his honor * Captain

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- U.S. Senator from Kansas (1866–1870)

Service

Detailed service

Commanders

Notable members

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